AERATION

Pronunciation (US): (GB):

Meaning:

The act of charging a liquid with a gas making it effervescent

Classified under:

Nouns denoting acts or actions

Hypernyms ("aeration" is a kind of...):

change of state (the act of changing something into something different in essential characteristics)

Derivation:

aerate (impregnate, combine, or supply with oxygen)

Meaning:

The process of exposing to air (so as to purify)

Example:

the aeration of the soil

Classified under:

Nouns denoting natural processes

Hypernyms ("aeration" is a kind of...):

action; activity; natural action; natural process (a process existing in or produced by nature (rather than by the intent of human beings))

Derivation:

aerate (expose to fresh air)